Dennis Haysbert Quotes

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Dennis Haysbert

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 2, 1954

If I weren't an actor, I'd either be a teacher or a critic.

Dennis Haysbert

The bottom line is people are people, and the sooner we realise that, the better off things are going to be.

Dennis Haysbert

The intolerance of people against other people is growing and growing. And the thing is, this is not anything that's changed. This has been going on for years.

Dennis Haysbert

I've done a lot of different things in my life. I've parachuted, done some deep-sea diving. Inasmuch as it's safe to do, I can do it.

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All of the directors I work with have their own unique gifts.

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People want good stories.

Dennis Haysbert

I took one thing to heart that I heard from Sidney Poitier in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.' And it resonated so much with me. He says: 'Dad, you always looked at yourself as a black man. I look at myself as a man.'

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When you work on big commercial movies, of course there's more money involved and you can still do some good work. But with an independent, you get films that are really close to the writers' and directors' heart. Somehow it becomes a little deeper. A little more meat and not as much flash.

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I like to think I'm multi-faceted. Actually, my favorite roles are roles like in 'Far from Heaven.' Y'know. Soft people. Loving people.

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I love emotion. I love being in love. And showing that on screen. I think it's wonderful.

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I would love a combination of action/adventure and... love. And stories told with heart. I would like people to be invigorated as well as moved. People to see the movie and see that. I love to play, y'know, well-rounded characters.

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I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?'

Dennis Haysbert

I think I'd make a great superhero. I'm serious. I want to play a superhero, and I've already got one in mind. I think I've still got the body for the costume, and it's something I really want to do.

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I've studied theater since high school. Of course, it's a different story altogether being on Broadway, but it's still theater, and you have to be in front of a live audience, and that's very exciting. It's something I've definitely wanted to do, but I got involved in movies and television, and then it became a luxury to get back on the stage.

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I have always thought of myself as an athlete - even at the ripe old age of 52.

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I pride myself on being limber.

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I really do believe that was what I was put on this planet to do: to give to people and, through my performances, show them another world - in the case of '24,' to show them what a politician, black or white, should be. Basically, I wanted to be a service to others.

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Dad worked as a security guard for United Airlines, and Mom was a housewife who cleaned houses to make ends meet.

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My father was Catholic, my mom Baptist, so we were raised Baptist but had a lot of Catholic upbringing: fish on Fridays, no birth control.

Dennis Haysbert

All my brothers have my father's voice.

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